Elsewhere...
Soundscape is expanding ever outwards. Here's what I've been up to on other domains:
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BEAK> - Couple in a Hole OST (Invada) (27 April, 2016) - A haunting match for the surreal and visceral film, but recycles lots of old material.
The Future of the Left - The Peace & Truce of...(Prescriptions) (11 April, 2016) - My album of the month, basically. Music for intellectual weirdos to pump their fists to.
Black Mountain - IV (Jagjaguar) (7 April, 2016) - Not the classic rock gods that they aspire to be, but still rocks as it should.
Charli XCX - Vroom Vroom (Vroom Vroom) (24 March, 2016) - The pop diva's stab at "experimental" music, i.e. the styles of other successful black women.
Dog Chocolate - Snack Fans (Upset The Rhythm) (17 March, 2016) - The most fun you might ever have with existential angst.
HECK - Instructions (NPAG Industries, Ltd.) (11 March, 2016) - Overhyped hardcore performers.
Wussy - Forever Sounds (Damnably) (2 March, 2016) - The college rock torch burns brightly still.
Santigold - 99 Cents (Atlantic) (23 February, 2016) - The more producers, the merrier, eh?
Brood Ma - DAZE (Tri Angle) (19 February, 2016) - This is your world: digital, hermetic, overloaded with sensory detail. Most challenging album I've heard in a while.
Radiation City - Synesthetica (Polyvinyl) (15 February, 2016) - A reflection from a skinny funhouse mirror.
Immersion - Analogue Creatures EP (swim~) (8 February, 2016) - Colin Newman's ambient project, all out of steam.
Massive Attack - Ritual Spirit (Virgin) (4 February, 2016) - Fresh blood in the institute of entropy.
Nevermen - Nevermen (Lex / Ipepac) (1 February, 2016) - A review couched in a weather report.
Tricky - Skilled Mechanics (20 January, 2016) - A sedate affair from Bristol's most infamous asthmatic rapper.
Her - Tape #1 (ZRP) (13 January, 2016) - A buncha sexed-up soul tropes. Because, obviously, femininity = sex.
jennylee - right on! (Rough Trade) (8 December, 2015) - True conjuring, or mere ritual? I opt toward the latter.
Dan Friel - Life (Thrill Jockey) (2 December, 2015) - Music for walking across overworlds.
Chorusgirl - Chorusgirl (Fortuna POP!) (9 November, 2015) - Catchy but subversive post-punk pop.
Darren Hayman - Florence (Fika) (6 November, 2015) - One of the most humble voices in indie pop sits for a chat on his first 100% solo endeavor.
The Chills - Silver Bullets (Fire) (27 October, 2015) - Easily the most compelling album yet from New Zealand's most beloved indie pop saints.
Corrections House - Know How To Carry A Whip (Neurot) (22 October, 2015) - Monolithic, street smart hardcore churning with industrial rhythm.
Nosferatu D2 - Wiser, Older, Sadder (Audio Antihero) (12 October, 2015) - A short story bout parallel hometown hatred and young angst.
Gramma's Boyfriend - Gramma's Boyfriend (Graveface) (8 October, 2015) - Name an alternative subgenre from the 80s, they've got it covered. Well, except industrial, I reckon.
Editors - In Dream (Play It Again Sam) (30 September, 2015) - Not bad, really.
Disclosure - Caracal (Island) (22 September, 2015) - Not so much an album as an array of disposable mega hits.
Le Butcherettes - A Raw Youth (Ipepac) (17 September, 2015) - A feminist revision of the male classic rock superego.
Blank Realm - Illegals In Heaven (Fire) (4 September, 2015) - Australia's greatest band today. Prove me wrong.
Willis Earl Beal - Nocturnes (Tender Loving Empire) (26 August, 2015) - A poser outsider that doesn't quite blast off.
FKA Twigs - M3LL155X (Young Turks) (24 August, 2015) - Deathly desire, the crippling gaze, and FKA on top of her game.
John Howard & the Night Mail - John Howard & the Night Mail (Tapete) (21 August, 2015) - A review in the form of a letter, or a letter in the form of a review, to the best glam rock songwriter you never knew.
Vintage Trouble - 1 Hopeful Road (Island) (13 August, 2015) - Corporate blues. Knockoffs save for that guy in front.
Georgia - Georgia (Domino) (5 August, 2015) - Crimson shades of murky, crackly R & B.
Haiku Salut - Etch and Etch Deeper (How Does It Feel To Be Loved) (30 July, 2015) - A kinder way to communicate.
Omar Souleyman - Bahdemi Nami (Monkeytown) (24 July, 2015) - A dull dance record in a worldly guise.
Sleaford Mods - Key Markets (Harbinger Sound) (7 July, 2015) - The same white boy working class rant rap shtick.
Emilie Nicolas - Like I'm A Warrior (Sony / RCA) (1 July, 2015) - An emerging pop star from Norway with a lil more crafty finesse than most.
Totem Terrors - Hard Science (Diet Pops) (23 June, 2015) - Think if Big Black were fronted by Colin Newman. In other words, YAY!
Numbers Are Futile - Sunlight on a Black Horizon (Song, By Toad) (15 June, 2015) - The thunderous rush of prog crashing head-on into our post-post punk times.
Slaves - Are You Satisfied? (Virgin EMI) (28 May, 2015) - Poser punks with nothing new to say.
Gnod - Infinity Machines (Rocket Recordings) (20 April, 2015) - A public health warning on the emerging strain of the GNOD virus.
BEAK> - Couple in a Hole OST (Invada) (27 April, 2016) - A haunting match for the surreal and visceral film, but recycles lots of old material.
The Future of the Left - The Peace & Truce of...(Prescriptions) (11 April, 2016) - My album of the month, basically. Music for intellectual weirdos to pump their fists to.
Black Mountain - IV (Jagjaguar) (7 April, 2016) - Not the classic rock gods that they aspire to be, but still rocks as it should.
Charli XCX - Vroom Vroom (Vroom Vroom) (24 March, 2016) - The pop diva's stab at "experimental" music, i.e. the styles of other successful black women.
Dog Chocolate - Snack Fans (Upset The Rhythm) (17 March, 2016) - The most fun you might ever have with existential angst.
HECK - Instructions (NPAG Industries, Ltd.) (11 March, 2016) - Overhyped hardcore performers.
Wussy - Forever Sounds (Damnably) (2 March, 2016) - The college rock torch burns brightly still.
Santigold - 99 Cents (Atlantic) (23 February, 2016) - The more producers, the merrier, eh?
Brood Ma - DAZE (Tri Angle) (19 February, 2016) - This is your world: digital, hermetic, overloaded with sensory detail. Most challenging album I've heard in a while.
Radiation City - Synesthetica (Polyvinyl) (15 February, 2016) - A reflection from a skinny funhouse mirror.
Immersion - Analogue Creatures EP (swim~) (8 February, 2016) - Colin Newman's ambient project, all out of steam.
Massive Attack - Ritual Spirit (Virgin) (4 February, 2016) - Fresh blood in the institute of entropy.
Nevermen - Nevermen (Lex / Ipepac) (1 February, 2016) - A review couched in a weather report.
Tricky - Skilled Mechanics (20 January, 2016) - A sedate affair from Bristol's most infamous asthmatic rapper.
Her - Tape #1 (ZRP) (13 January, 2016) - A buncha sexed-up soul tropes. Because, obviously, femininity = sex.
jennylee - right on! (Rough Trade) (8 December, 2015) - True conjuring, or mere ritual? I opt toward the latter.
Dan Friel - Life (Thrill Jockey) (2 December, 2015) - Music for walking across overworlds.
Chorusgirl - Chorusgirl (Fortuna POP!) (9 November, 2015) - Catchy but subversive post-punk pop.
Darren Hayman - Florence (Fika) (6 November, 2015) - One of the most humble voices in indie pop sits for a chat on his first 100% solo endeavor.
The Chills - Silver Bullets (Fire) (27 October, 2015) - Easily the most compelling album yet from New Zealand's most beloved indie pop saints.
Corrections House - Know How To Carry A Whip (Neurot) (22 October, 2015) - Monolithic, street smart hardcore churning with industrial rhythm.
Nosferatu D2 - Wiser, Older, Sadder (Audio Antihero) (12 October, 2015) - A short story bout parallel hometown hatred and young angst.
Gramma's Boyfriend - Gramma's Boyfriend (Graveface) (8 October, 2015) - Name an alternative subgenre from the 80s, they've got it covered. Well, except industrial, I reckon.
Editors - In Dream (Play It Again Sam) (30 September, 2015) - Not bad, really.
Disclosure - Caracal (Island) (22 September, 2015) - Not so much an album as an array of disposable mega hits.
Le Butcherettes - A Raw Youth (Ipepac) (17 September, 2015) - A feminist revision of the male classic rock superego.
Blank Realm - Illegals In Heaven (Fire) (4 September, 2015) - Australia's greatest band today. Prove me wrong.
Willis Earl Beal - Nocturnes (Tender Loving Empire) (26 August, 2015) - A poser outsider that doesn't quite blast off.
FKA Twigs - M3LL155X (Young Turks) (24 August, 2015) - Deathly desire, the crippling gaze, and FKA on top of her game.
John Howard & the Night Mail - John Howard & the Night Mail (Tapete) (21 August, 2015) - A review in the form of a letter, or a letter in the form of a review, to the best glam rock songwriter you never knew.
Vintage Trouble - 1 Hopeful Road (Island) (13 August, 2015) - Corporate blues. Knockoffs save for that guy in front.
Georgia - Georgia (Domino) (5 August, 2015) - Crimson shades of murky, crackly R & B.
Haiku Salut - Etch and Etch Deeper (How Does It Feel To Be Loved) (30 July, 2015) - A kinder way to communicate.
Omar Souleyman - Bahdemi Nami (Monkeytown) (24 July, 2015) - A dull dance record in a worldly guise.
Sleaford Mods - Key Markets (Harbinger Sound) (7 July, 2015) - The same white boy working class rant rap shtick.
Emilie Nicolas - Like I'm A Warrior (Sony / RCA) (1 July, 2015) - An emerging pop star from Norway with a lil more crafty finesse than most.
Totem Terrors - Hard Science (Diet Pops) (23 June, 2015) - Think if Big Black were fronted by Colin Newman. In other words, YAY!
Numbers Are Futile - Sunlight on a Black Horizon (Song, By Toad) (15 June, 2015) - The thunderous rush of prog crashing head-on into our post-post punk times.
Slaves - Are You Satisfied? (Virgin EMI) (28 May, 2015) - Poser punks with nothing new to say.
Gnod - Infinity Machines (Rocket Recordings) (20 April, 2015) - A public health warning on the emerging strain of the GNOD virus.
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First Impression: Pete Astor - Spilt Milk (Fortuna POP! / Slumberland) (9 January, 2016) - Is this someone I'm supposed to respect? This latest album doesn't make me think so.
SOTD #712 - Hag Face (19 December, 2015) - All hail. All hail. All hail.
Backwards is a Forwards: Lee's 2015 in Albums (9 December, 2015) - A retrospective from my perspective.
SOTD #711 - Bamboo (3 December, 2015) - Intimate, oriental synthpop. And reflections about what matters most in a person.
SOTD #709 - Try The Pie (14 November, 2015) - A diary entry, and the private confessions of Bean Tupou.
SOTD #708 - SPC ECO (13 November, 2015) - A story about a high school crush. With music!
USA Nails - No Pleasure (Smalltown America) (12 November, 2015) - Unfunny staggering dudes.
SOTD #707 - Antlered Aunt Lord (28 October, 2015) - Happy memories of tinfoil and tamborines and 20-sided die.
SOTD #706 - Mats Gutstafsson (24 October, 2015) - Non-art? Anti-art? DRONES.
SOTD #705 - Mark Van Hoen (22 October, 2015) - Music that might sound like lucid dreaming? I dunno, I've never achieved that state of consciousness before.
SOTD #702 - Thee Koukouvaya (7 October, 2015) - Imaginary worlds to hide identity in.
CHVRCHES - Every Open Eye (Liberator / Goodbye) (1 October, 2015) - Diatribes about synthpop, and where CHVRCHES dropped the ball. (I never forgave them for that "Bela Lugosi's Dead" cover.)
SOTD #701 - Zoe Zac (24 September, 2015) - Stratospheric fuzz in Australia's backyard.
Destruction Unit - Negative Feedback Resistor (Sacred Bones) (12 September, 2015) - Dripping magma can look cool, but when you're trapped on a volcano for 50 minutes...
Static Daydream - Static Daydream (St. Marie) (29 August, 2015) - The grain of this shoegaze rubs a familiar way against the skin, and yet it still scrapes deep.
Noon:30 - Finding Release (HHBTM) (3 August, 2015) - Unbridled, radical, industrial anger.
SOTD #699 - Seconds (27 July, 2015) - Girl group vocals meet sneak guitar lines. EEEEE.
Flying Saucer Attack - Instrumentals 2015 (Domino) (23 July, 2015) - Not a review, but rather a 2nd-person narrative that echoes the scenery of the bleak but lovely LP.
Tame Impala - Currents (Interscope) (17 July, 2015) - An effects-drenched re-enactment of the Great Rock Emigration of the 80's.
White Reaper - White Reaper Does It Again (Polyvinyl) (9 July, 2015) - Good, clean, garage-y fun.
Shoegaze Showdown - FOREVR vs. Deafcult (2 July, 2015) - Two shoegaze albums from Brisbane in the past month - which will win?
Lee's Obligatory Best-Of-2015-So-Far List (26 June, 2015) - The long shortlist of albums I thought were the cream of the crop.
Refused - Freedom (Epitaph) (19th June, 2015) - A comeback of sorts. No more pushing.
Spray Paint - Punters On A Barge (Homeless) (3 June, 2015) - Sharp rusty edges, a mind sunk in acid, a world pitched in Chrome-like blackness.
Girlpool - Before The World Was Big (Wichita Recordings) (28 May, 2015) - So far, this gets my vote for "Most Improved Band" of 2015. Less sex, more angst.
Frog - Kind of Blah (Audio Antihero) (25 May, 2015) - The kind of ebullient stuff that reminds you why you ever cared in the first place.
SOTD #697 - Public Likes Pills (21 May, 2015) - Some Ballardian Euro trash for a proper comeback.
Viet Cong - Viet Cong (Jagjaguwar) (9 April, 2015) - A student misanthrope reviews the post-punk posers.
Jimmy Whispers - Summer in Pain (Moniker) (27 March, 2015) - Pained introvert or whiny bastard? Let's see...
Bouquet - In a Dream (Ulrike / Folktale) (15 March, 2015) - A bit of Beach Boys-ish wonder.
Father John Misty – “I Love You, Honeybear”: A Line-By-Line Analysis (9 March, 2015) - How good of a poet is Father John Misty? Listen up, class.
Beat Spacek - Modern Streets (Ninja Tune) (1 March, 2015) - My secret affair in February.
SOTD #696 - Bad Daddies (w/ BONUS) (27 February, 2015) - Roll with the punches and the drugs. Let music knock you flat.
Charli XCX - Sucker (Atlantic) (17 February, 2015) - A run-of-the-mill superdiva pop album? Let's see.
Klara Lewis - Msuic EP (Peder Mannerfelt Produktion) (30 January, 2015) - Nuanced subterranean electronics, without the dance floor. And a question...
Sonny and the Sunsets - Talent Night at the Ashram (Polyvinyl) (29 January, 2015) - A bit 60s psych pastiche, but the tunes do stick.
Pinkshinyultrablast - Everything Else Matters (13 January, 2015) - Shoegaze from Russia that blasts off every now and then.
Eric Copeland - Ms. Pretzel EP (DFA) (3 January, 2015) - First review of the year for me: tumbling bumbling head-bumping collage music.
Hookworms - The Hum (Weird World) (29 December, 2014) - The Emerson, Lake and Palmer of our times. That doesn't mean they sound like 'em, though.
The Definitive Best Albums and Songs of 2014, Because Lee Adcock Said So (20 December, 2014)- Well, not really. Lists are lists, after all.
The Challenge #1 - Gretchen Lyme (7 December, 2014) - Girls aren't in post-rock? Well, that's not true.
Andy Stott - Faith in Strangers (Modern Love) (2 December, 2014) - Another one to surrender to.
Ex Hex - Rips (Merge) (26 November, 2014) - Mary Timony from Wild Flag fronts this one. Let the good times roll.
No Jaws - Young Blood (Modern Guilt) (24 November, 2014) - Really 90s-ish. As the kids often are.
Joanna Gruesome/Perfect Pussy – Astonishing Adventures 7″ (Fortuna Pop!) (10 November, 2014) - aka the Gruesome Pussy split. Not worth yr time. The Joanna hype train has derailed.
Crayon - Brick Factory (HHBTM) (4 November, 2014) - The happiest of childhood joys, reclaimed from the dusty drawer of '93.
Luxembourg Signal - Luxembourg Signal (Shelflife) (1 November, 2014) - I wanted to be dazzled. Really I did.
Lee Adcock’s Response to Everett True’s Response To The Flaming Lips – Why Can’t We Be Fwends? (30 October, 2014) - Nuff said.
Primus – Primus & The Chocolate Factory With the Fungi Ensemble (ATO Records/ [PIAS] Australia) (29 October, 2014) - That's right. Primus covers Willy Wonka. And I approve.
Frequency of the Truewave! - A Mixtape from Street Eaters (23 October, 2014) - Loud, proud, female, and free. As in, no cost to you.
Peaking Lights - Cosmic Logic (Domino) (18 October, 2014) - Give me my Yaz back.
The Mistys - Redemption Forest (Other Ideas) (16 October, 2014) - This proves what's right about FKA Twigs and what's wrong about Nitzer Ebb.
Throwing Muses - Purgatory / Paradise: Thoughts. (7 October, 2014) - Disjointed musings on something just wonderful.
The Datsuns - Deep Sleep (Hellsquad) (6 October, 2014) - Are you ready to RAWK, ladies and gents?
Ty Segall - Manipulator (Spunk | Drag City) (29 September, 2014) - Born-again glam god without the glitter. So-so.
Philip Selway - Weatherhhouse (Bella Union) (20 September, 2014) - Cocktail waitresses and high-brow mansion homes. No touching.
Pere Ubu - Carnival of Souls (Fire) (1 September, 2014) - You see, there's a reason these guys have a cult following...
Tricky - Adrian Thaws (False Idols) (27 August, 2014) - This generation's Nearly God - but with less Tricky, more hired hands.
The Ballet School - The Dew Lasts An Hour (Bella Union) (25 August, 2014) - A very Cocteau Twins-ish affair, but Rosie commands respect.
FKA Twigs - LP1 (Young Turks) (18 August, 2014) - Just nod your head and give up. FKA will pummel you.
Mosman Alder - Humdrum Star (Dew Process) (15 August, 2014) - Cogs in the machine. Shiny, warbling, NME-loving cogs.
Cassette of the Week #7 - Paro (14 August, 2014) - Like falling down the stairs after staring at the stars.
So. That NME List. Let's Talk. (10 August, 2014) - A discussion on the NME's "most influential list" and its shoddy sampling methods.
Song of the Day #693 - Slum of Legs (9 August 2014) - SET FIRE TO THINGS. Slum of Legs command your attention.
King Creosote - From Scotland With Love (8 August, 2014) - Very safe, sleek pastoral stuff from a Scottish troubadour.
Girls Rock Athens! - A Free Youth Concert (5 August, 2014) - This'll kick your shiny sparkle butt.
Millions - Max Relax (Stop/Start) (4 August, 2014) - Do you feel backstabbed, Australia? I feel backstabbed.
Peter Escott - The Long O (Bedroom Suck) (1 August, 2014) - Confessions, of the simple keyboard kind. A fiercely loved fave for me this year.
Plastikman - EX (Mute | Create/Control) (30 July, 2014) - Dismisses the dance floor and sends signals to the stars.
Song of the Day #692 - Ruins of Krüger (25 July, 2014) - For knocking about town or poking through abandoned temples. Your choice.
5 Seconds of Summer - S/T (Capitol) (22 July 2014) - Here's one your boy-crazy little sisters need to read.
Tijuana Panthers - Wayne Interest (Create/Control) (14 July 2014) - Like surfing a tsunami.
I Know Why the Caged Grrrl Sings (Tuff Enuff) (7 July 2014) - Ruff and tumble girl-friendy Brightonians Tuff Enuff culled some fine goods for this 'un.
Song of the Day #691 - Street Eaters (in the flesh) (4 July 2014) - Part 5 of the house party series. I met CB faves Street Eaters. Wonderful human beings.
White Fence - For The Recently Found Innocent (3 July 2014) - Psychedelic carbon copies. NEXT.
Song of the Day #690 - Cancers (3 July 2014) - Part 4 of the house party series. Buff and sweet like sticky Chinese chicken sauce.
Song of the Day #689 - Salsa Chest (2 July 2014) - Part 3 of the house party series. No art, really, just pop and dancing.
Song of the Day #688 - Sharkpact (1 July 2014) - Part 2 of the house party series. Yes - synth punk.
Song of the Day #687 - Dogjaw (30 June 2014) - Part 1 of the house party series. Girls. Grunge. Good.
Cassette of the Week #6 - TOBACCO (28 June 2014) - A pop single left in the sun to warp and fade to yellow.
2014 - A Half Year in Review (from that Collapse Board whippersnapper) (19 July, 2014) - I take stock of the past six months. Lots of inventory to count.
Tiny Ruins - Brightly Painted One (18 June, 2014) - I grappled with more than just a folk album on this one.
Eagulls - Eagulls (Deranged) (17 June, 2014) - Get-out-of-town-before-the-grind-grinds-you-down kind of music. But from Leeds.
Young Magic - Breathing Statues (Carpark/Stop Start) (10 June, 2014) - Another case of dubsteptenitus.
Cassette of the Day #5 - White Poppy (6 June, 2014) - Bringing back the tape deck with some heavenly Durutti Column-like contemplation.
Ben Frost - A U R O R A (Mute | Create/Control) (4 June, 2014) - Ham-fisted dark electronic stuff that plays by the post-apocalyptic rulebook.
SOTD #685 - Chimney Crow (2 June, 2014) - I wrote a skit about my favorite left-field find from this spring.
BADBADNOTGOOD - III (Create/Control) (29 May, 2014) - Jazz/hip-hop 3-man squad BBNG are back for their third LP.
Swans - To Be Kind (Young God) (24 May, 2014) - An album that just won't die.
Liars - Mess (Warp) (19 May, 2014) - EDM lite that offers nothing but a quick jig.
SOLIDARITY TIME – Word Up for Joanna Gruesome (14 May, 2014) - A salute to Alanna McArdle for standing up against dudes that deny sexism.
SOTD #684 - Pairs (10 May 2014) - The sadder (and more vital) side of the 90s that Cloud Nothings ignored.
Cloud Nothings - Here and Nowhere Else (Carpark / Mom and Pop Records) (10 May, 2014) - Bang it out at 200 bpm or else you're DEAD.
Sleaford Mods - Divide and Exit (Harbinger Sound) (7 May 2014) - THIS is England. (You twat.)
Mac DeMarco - Salad Days (25 April, 2014) - Lazy, good-for-nothing music. Which also objectifies women.
Song of the Day #683 - Ike (14 April, 2014) - If you're not shaking your rump to this, then I have failed as a critic.
Song of the Day #682 – Chorusgirl (7 April, 2014) - Do a diddy diddy dum diddy do.
Withered Hand – New Gods (Fortuna POP!/Slumberland) - (5 April, 2014) - HARDCORE HARDCORE LISTEN TO THE CROWD ROAR.
Future Islands – Singles (4AD) and Xiu Xiu – Angel Guts: Red Classroom (Bella Union) (March 26, 2014) - The latest dance craze vs. actual insanity.
Beck - Morning Phase (Fonograf/Capitol) (17 March, 2014) - Folk music without the folks - or, when Beck becomes a soft twat.
SOTD #681 - Vulture Shit (12 March, 2014) - Raw destructive, subversive punk power.
Scraps - Electric Ocean (Fire) (4 March, 2014) - Bedroom electronica best suited for the bedroom.
Sky Ferreira – Night Time, My Time (Again, but this time with special guest stars EMI and The Needle Drop) (18 February, 2014) - Sky invaded Australia, so I wrote this. And tackled Mr. Fantano in the process.
Cassette of the Week #4: Smarty (14 February, 2014) - If Throbbing Gristle deconstructed hip-hop. And, uh, were mostly chicks.
Introducing: Screamfeeder (Singles and More 1992-2004) (11 February, 2014) - JOY. The giddy college-friendly threesome from Australia release their fab singles collection on Bandcamp.
Advance of the Tunabunny, Part 1A (4 February, 2014) - Everyone's favorite Athens noisemakers have returned.
SOTD #680 - Dog Chocolate (28 January, 2014) - They're not fit for consumption.
Dirty Jeans – The Rise of Australian Alternative Rock (…from a non-Australian music critic) (26 January, 2014) - Oh, dear. Someone's tried to manufacture another music era history. Let's analyze it.
SOTD #679 - BADBADNOTGOOD (20 January, 2014) - The jazz/hip-hop iconoclasts of Canada return with a broody new single.
Cassette of the Week #3 - Meanest Man Contest (14 January, 2014) - Hip-hop duo and broken electronics.
Review: Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - Wig Out at Jagbags (12 January, 2014) - an address to Mr. Malkmus concerning his un-wigging album.
SOTD #678 - Jude Cowan Montague (7 January, 2014) - News archivist by day, musical improv storyteller by night.
Lonnie Holley - Just Before Music (6 January, 2014) - This would've been just about Keeping a Record Of It, but...
SOTD #677 - North Dakota (1 January, 2014) - Oh, yes. This was all mine. Except that it's less about North Dakota, and more about Everett's departure.
Highlights of the Year (from a rookie critic) (23 December, 2013) - I spilled my guts out over my personal highs of the year.
Cassette of the Week #2- Hangin Freud (20 December, 2013) - You already know this is great, but here's what I said on Collapse Board.
Cassette of the Week #1- Sealings (5 December, 2013) - Did I just invent a new feature? Yes. Yes I did.
SOTD #671 - King Champion Sounds (1 December, 2013) - The urgency of living in glorious post-punk technicolor.
SOTD #669 - Fly Ashtray (27 November, 2013) - Kickin' it old school with the chaotic, adventurous Fly Ashtray.
SOTD #664 - Edible Arrangements (22 November 2013) - Wide-eyed, Pram-like devotion of the quietly psychedelic type.
SOTD #663 - Lizzo feat. Sophie Eris (21 November, 2013) - Everett challenged readers to supply criticism for him. And this one had been in my head for days.
First Impression: Pete Astor - Spilt Milk (Fortuna POP! / Slumberland) (9 January, 2016) - Is this someone I'm supposed to respect? This latest album doesn't make me think so.
SOTD #712 - Hag Face (19 December, 2015) - All hail. All hail. All hail.
Backwards is a Forwards: Lee's 2015 in Albums (9 December, 2015) - A retrospective from my perspective.
SOTD #711 - Bamboo (3 December, 2015) - Intimate, oriental synthpop. And reflections about what matters most in a person.
SOTD #709 - Try The Pie (14 November, 2015) - A diary entry, and the private confessions of Bean Tupou.
SOTD #708 - SPC ECO (13 November, 2015) - A story about a high school crush. With music!
USA Nails - No Pleasure (Smalltown America) (12 November, 2015) - Unfunny staggering dudes.
SOTD #707 - Antlered Aunt Lord (28 October, 2015) - Happy memories of tinfoil and tamborines and 20-sided die.
SOTD #706 - Mats Gutstafsson (24 October, 2015) - Non-art? Anti-art? DRONES.
SOTD #705 - Mark Van Hoen (22 October, 2015) - Music that might sound like lucid dreaming? I dunno, I've never achieved that state of consciousness before.
SOTD #702 - Thee Koukouvaya (7 October, 2015) - Imaginary worlds to hide identity in.
CHVRCHES - Every Open Eye (Liberator / Goodbye) (1 October, 2015) - Diatribes about synthpop, and where CHVRCHES dropped the ball. (I never forgave them for that "Bela Lugosi's Dead" cover.)
SOTD #701 - Zoe Zac (24 September, 2015) - Stratospheric fuzz in Australia's backyard.
Destruction Unit - Negative Feedback Resistor (Sacred Bones) (12 September, 2015) - Dripping magma can look cool, but when you're trapped on a volcano for 50 minutes...
Static Daydream - Static Daydream (St. Marie) (29 August, 2015) - The grain of this shoegaze rubs a familiar way against the skin, and yet it still scrapes deep.
Noon:30 - Finding Release (HHBTM) (3 August, 2015) - Unbridled, radical, industrial anger.
SOTD #699 - Seconds (27 July, 2015) - Girl group vocals meet sneak guitar lines. EEEEE.
Flying Saucer Attack - Instrumentals 2015 (Domino) (23 July, 2015) - Not a review, but rather a 2nd-person narrative that echoes the scenery of the bleak but lovely LP.
Tame Impala - Currents (Interscope) (17 July, 2015) - An effects-drenched re-enactment of the Great Rock Emigration of the 80's.
White Reaper - White Reaper Does It Again (Polyvinyl) (9 July, 2015) - Good, clean, garage-y fun.
Shoegaze Showdown - FOREVR vs. Deafcult (2 July, 2015) - Two shoegaze albums from Brisbane in the past month - which will win?
Lee's Obligatory Best-Of-2015-So-Far List (26 June, 2015) - The long shortlist of albums I thought were the cream of the crop.
Refused - Freedom (Epitaph) (19th June, 2015) - A comeback of sorts. No more pushing.
Spray Paint - Punters On A Barge (Homeless) (3 June, 2015) - Sharp rusty edges, a mind sunk in acid, a world pitched in Chrome-like blackness.
Girlpool - Before The World Was Big (Wichita Recordings) (28 May, 2015) - So far, this gets my vote for "Most Improved Band" of 2015. Less sex, more angst.
Frog - Kind of Blah (Audio Antihero) (25 May, 2015) - The kind of ebullient stuff that reminds you why you ever cared in the first place.
SOTD #697 - Public Likes Pills (21 May, 2015) - Some Ballardian Euro trash for a proper comeback.
Viet Cong - Viet Cong (Jagjaguwar) (9 April, 2015) - A student misanthrope reviews the post-punk posers.
Jimmy Whispers - Summer in Pain (Moniker) (27 March, 2015) - Pained introvert or whiny bastard? Let's see...
Bouquet - In a Dream (Ulrike / Folktale) (15 March, 2015) - A bit of Beach Boys-ish wonder.
Father John Misty – “I Love You, Honeybear”: A Line-By-Line Analysis (9 March, 2015) - How good of a poet is Father John Misty? Listen up, class.
Beat Spacek - Modern Streets (Ninja Tune) (1 March, 2015) - My secret affair in February.
SOTD #696 - Bad Daddies (w/ BONUS) (27 February, 2015) - Roll with the punches and the drugs. Let music knock you flat.
Charli XCX - Sucker (Atlantic) (17 February, 2015) - A run-of-the-mill superdiva pop album? Let's see.
Klara Lewis - Msuic EP (Peder Mannerfelt Produktion) (30 January, 2015) - Nuanced subterranean electronics, without the dance floor. And a question...
Sonny and the Sunsets - Talent Night at the Ashram (Polyvinyl) (29 January, 2015) - A bit 60s psych pastiche, but the tunes do stick.
Pinkshinyultrablast - Everything Else Matters (13 January, 2015) - Shoegaze from Russia that blasts off every now and then.
Eric Copeland - Ms. Pretzel EP (DFA) (3 January, 2015) - First review of the year for me: tumbling bumbling head-bumping collage music.
Hookworms - The Hum (Weird World) (29 December, 2014) - The Emerson, Lake and Palmer of our times. That doesn't mean they sound like 'em, though.
The Definitive Best Albums and Songs of 2014, Because Lee Adcock Said So (20 December, 2014)- Well, not really. Lists are lists, after all.
The Challenge #1 - Gretchen Lyme (7 December, 2014) - Girls aren't in post-rock? Well, that's not true.
Andy Stott - Faith in Strangers (Modern Love) (2 December, 2014) - Another one to surrender to.
Ex Hex - Rips (Merge) (26 November, 2014) - Mary Timony from Wild Flag fronts this one. Let the good times roll.
No Jaws - Young Blood (Modern Guilt) (24 November, 2014) - Really 90s-ish. As the kids often are.
Joanna Gruesome/Perfect Pussy – Astonishing Adventures 7″ (Fortuna Pop!) (10 November, 2014) - aka the Gruesome Pussy split. Not worth yr time. The Joanna hype train has derailed.
Crayon - Brick Factory (HHBTM) (4 November, 2014) - The happiest of childhood joys, reclaimed from the dusty drawer of '93.
Luxembourg Signal - Luxembourg Signal (Shelflife) (1 November, 2014) - I wanted to be dazzled. Really I did.
Lee Adcock’s Response to Everett True’s Response To The Flaming Lips – Why Can’t We Be Fwends? (30 October, 2014) - Nuff said.
Primus – Primus & The Chocolate Factory With the Fungi Ensemble (ATO Records/ [PIAS] Australia) (29 October, 2014) - That's right. Primus covers Willy Wonka. And I approve.
Frequency of the Truewave! - A Mixtape from Street Eaters (23 October, 2014) - Loud, proud, female, and free. As in, no cost to you.
Peaking Lights - Cosmic Logic (Domino) (18 October, 2014) - Give me my Yaz back.
The Mistys - Redemption Forest (Other Ideas) (16 October, 2014) - This proves what's right about FKA Twigs and what's wrong about Nitzer Ebb.
Throwing Muses - Purgatory / Paradise: Thoughts. (7 October, 2014) - Disjointed musings on something just wonderful.
The Datsuns - Deep Sleep (Hellsquad) (6 October, 2014) - Are you ready to RAWK, ladies and gents?
Ty Segall - Manipulator (Spunk | Drag City) (29 September, 2014) - Born-again glam god without the glitter. So-so.
Philip Selway - Weatherhhouse (Bella Union) (20 September, 2014) - Cocktail waitresses and high-brow mansion homes. No touching.
Pere Ubu - Carnival of Souls (Fire) (1 September, 2014) - You see, there's a reason these guys have a cult following...
Tricky - Adrian Thaws (False Idols) (27 August, 2014) - This generation's Nearly God - but with less Tricky, more hired hands.
The Ballet School - The Dew Lasts An Hour (Bella Union) (25 August, 2014) - A very Cocteau Twins-ish affair, but Rosie commands respect.
FKA Twigs - LP1 (Young Turks) (18 August, 2014) - Just nod your head and give up. FKA will pummel you.
Mosman Alder - Humdrum Star (Dew Process) (15 August, 2014) - Cogs in the machine. Shiny, warbling, NME-loving cogs.
Cassette of the Week #7 - Paro (14 August, 2014) - Like falling down the stairs after staring at the stars.
So. That NME List. Let's Talk. (10 August, 2014) - A discussion on the NME's "most influential list" and its shoddy sampling methods.
Song of the Day #693 - Slum of Legs (9 August 2014) - SET FIRE TO THINGS. Slum of Legs command your attention.
King Creosote - From Scotland With Love (8 August, 2014) - Very safe, sleek pastoral stuff from a Scottish troubadour.
Girls Rock Athens! - A Free Youth Concert (5 August, 2014) - This'll kick your shiny sparkle butt.
Millions - Max Relax (Stop/Start) (4 August, 2014) - Do you feel backstabbed, Australia? I feel backstabbed.
Peter Escott - The Long O (Bedroom Suck) (1 August, 2014) - Confessions, of the simple keyboard kind. A fiercely loved fave for me this year.
Plastikman - EX (Mute | Create/Control) (30 July, 2014) - Dismisses the dance floor and sends signals to the stars.
Song of the Day #692 - Ruins of Krüger (25 July, 2014) - For knocking about town or poking through abandoned temples. Your choice.
5 Seconds of Summer - S/T (Capitol) (22 July 2014) - Here's one your boy-crazy little sisters need to read.
Tijuana Panthers - Wayne Interest (Create/Control) (14 July 2014) - Like surfing a tsunami.
I Know Why the Caged Grrrl Sings (Tuff Enuff) (7 July 2014) - Ruff and tumble girl-friendy Brightonians Tuff Enuff culled some fine goods for this 'un.
Song of the Day #691 - Street Eaters (in the flesh) (4 July 2014) - Part 5 of the house party series. I met CB faves Street Eaters. Wonderful human beings.
White Fence - For The Recently Found Innocent (3 July 2014) - Psychedelic carbon copies. NEXT.
Song of the Day #690 - Cancers (3 July 2014) - Part 4 of the house party series. Buff and sweet like sticky Chinese chicken sauce.
Song of the Day #689 - Salsa Chest (2 July 2014) - Part 3 of the house party series. No art, really, just pop and dancing.
Song of the Day #688 - Sharkpact (1 July 2014) - Part 2 of the house party series. Yes - synth punk.
Song of the Day #687 - Dogjaw (30 June 2014) - Part 1 of the house party series. Girls. Grunge. Good.
Cassette of the Week #6 - TOBACCO (28 June 2014) - A pop single left in the sun to warp and fade to yellow.
2014 - A Half Year in Review (from that Collapse Board whippersnapper) (19 July, 2014) - I take stock of the past six months. Lots of inventory to count.
Tiny Ruins - Brightly Painted One (18 June, 2014) - I grappled with more than just a folk album on this one.
Eagulls - Eagulls (Deranged) (17 June, 2014) - Get-out-of-town-before-the-grind-grinds-you-down kind of music. But from Leeds.
Young Magic - Breathing Statues (Carpark/Stop Start) (10 June, 2014) - Another case of dubsteptenitus.
Cassette of the Day #5 - White Poppy (6 June, 2014) - Bringing back the tape deck with some heavenly Durutti Column-like contemplation.
Ben Frost - A U R O R A (Mute | Create/Control) (4 June, 2014) - Ham-fisted dark electronic stuff that plays by the post-apocalyptic rulebook.
SOTD #685 - Chimney Crow (2 June, 2014) - I wrote a skit about my favorite left-field find from this spring.
BADBADNOTGOOD - III (Create/Control) (29 May, 2014) - Jazz/hip-hop 3-man squad BBNG are back for their third LP.
Swans - To Be Kind (Young God) (24 May, 2014) - An album that just won't die.
Liars - Mess (Warp) (19 May, 2014) - EDM lite that offers nothing but a quick jig.
SOLIDARITY TIME – Word Up for Joanna Gruesome (14 May, 2014) - A salute to Alanna McArdle for standing up against dudes that deny sexism.
SOTD #684 - Pairs (10 May 2014) - The sadder (and more vital) side of the 90s that Cloud Nothings ignored.
Cloud Nothings - Here and Nowhere Else (Carpark / Mom and Pop Records) (10 May, 2014) - Bang it out at 200 bpm or else you're DEAD.
Sleaford Mods - Divide and Exit (Harbinger Sound) (7 May 2014) - THIS is England. (You twat.)
Mac DeMarco - Salad Days (25 April, 2014) - Lazy, good-for-nothing music. Which also objectifies women.
Song of the Day #683 - Ike (14 April, 2014) - If you're not shaking your rump to this, then I have failed as a critic.
Song of the Day #682 – Chorusgirl (7 April, 2014) - Do a diddy diddy dum diddy do.
Withered Hand – New Gods (Fortuna POP!/Slumberland) - (5 April, 2014) - HARDCORE HARDCORE LISTEN TO THE CROWD ROAR.
Future Islands – Singles (4AD) and Xiu Xiu – Angel Guts: Red Classroom (Bella Union) (March 26, 2014) - The latest dance craze vs. actual insanity.
Beck - Morning Phase (Fonograf/Capitol) (17 March, 2014) - Folk music without the folks - or, when Beck becomes a soft twat.
SOTD #681 - Vulture Shit (12 March, 2014) - Raw destructive, subversive punk power.
Scraps - Electric Ocean (Fire) (4 March, 2014) - Bedroom electronica best suited for the bedroom.
Sky Ferreira – Night Time, My Time (Again, but this time with special guest stars EMI and The Needle Drop) (18 February, 2014) - Sky invaded Australia, so I wrote this. And tackled Mr. Fantano in the process.
Cassette of the Week #4: Smarty (14 February, 2014) - If Throbbing Gristle deconstructed hip-hop. And, uh, were mostly chicks.
Introducing: Screamfeeder (Singles and More 1992-2004) (11 February, 2014) - JOY. The giddy college-friendly threesome from Australia release their fab singles collection on Bandcamp.
Advance of the Tunabunny, Part 1A (4 February, 2014) - Everyone's favorite Athens noisemakers have returned.
SOTD #680 - Dog Chocolate (28 January, 2014) - They're not fit for consumption.
Dirty Jeans – The Rise of Australian Alternative Rock (…from a non-Australian music critic) (26 January, 2014) - Oh, dear. Someone's tried to manufacture another music era history. Let's analyze it.
SOTD #679 - BADBADNOTGOOD (20 January, 2014) - The jazz/hip-hop iconoclasts of Canada return with a broody new single.
Cassette of the Week #3 - Meanest Man Contest (14 January, 2014) - Hip-hop duo and broken electronics.
Review: Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - Wig Out at Jagbags (12 January, 2014) - an address to Mr. Malkmus concerning his un-wigging album.
SOTD #678 - Jude Cowan Montague (7 January, 2014) - News archivist by day, musical improv storyteller by night.
Lonnie Holley - Just Before Music (6 January, 2014) - This would've been just about Keeping a Record Of It, but...
SOTD #677 - North Dakota (1 January, 2014) - Oh, yes. This was all mine. Except that it's less about North Dakota, and more about Everett's departure.
Highlights of the Year (from a rookie critic) (23 December, 2013) - I spilled my guts out over my personal highs of the year.
Cassette of the Week #2- Hangin Freud (20 December, 2013) - You already know this is great, but here's what I said on Collapse Board.
Cassette of the Week #1- Sealings (5 December, 2013) - Did I just invent a new feature? Yes. Yes I did.
SOTD #671 - King Champion Sounds (1 December, 2013) - The urgency of living in glorious post-punk technicolor.
SOTD #669 - Fly Ashtray (27 November, 2013) - Kickin' it old school with the chaotic, adventurous Fly Ashtray.
SOTD #664 - Edible Arrangements (22 November 2013) - Wide-eyed, Pram-like devotion of the quietly psychedelic type.
SOTD #663 - Lizzo feat. Sophie Eris (21 November, 2013) - Everett challenged readers to supply criticism for him. And this one had been in my head for days.
Flagpole
My spot reviews for Athens' alternative newspaper.
Chief Scout - See EP (8 July, 2015) - A nice hard rock romp, but not much else.
Flagpole Writers' Favorite Moments of AthFest (28 June, 2015) - Not entirely mine - I lent four moments of a local music bonanza to this feature.
Golden Eels - Periscopes in the Air (10 June, 2015) - Surreal slackers somewhere between Pavement and ELO.
Fake Flowers - Wonder Wave (22 April, 2015) - Athens/Atlanta shoegazers with some Byrds-y twang.
Jay Gonzales - The Bitter Suite (15 April, 2015) - Drive-By Truckers guy and his take on breezy mid-70s glitz rock.
El Hollín - Una Tuesday (2 March, 2015) - Scrappy, amateur, walk-a-bout pop.
The Goons - No Art (16 February, 2015) - Britpop and northern soul in Athens? Why, yes. And it's rather good.
Quiet Evenings - Other Windows (25 November, 2014) - Meditative loops and hums.
Dream Boat - The Rose Explodes (22 October, 2014) - Local superstars and a bunch of high-tech fluff.
Waitress - Peaked in High School (13 October, 2014) - Lazy cock-rock bums. ***THE BUZZ ABOUT TOWN***
Future Apes Tapes - Pyramirrorid (30 September, 2014) - Bliss from disarray.
Pole Coda - An Ideal Heaven EP (25 September, 2014) - SNES-inspired landscapes ruined by monotones narratives.
Under A Sky So Blue - Demo (10 September, 2014) - Hey, at least it's guilt-free screamo.
Hand Sand Hands - The Shipping Forecast EP (30 July, 2014) - A stunning journey through the bare desert plains.
Magicicada - Wrack With Ruin (25 June, 2014) - I don't remember a single song from this one.
The Burning Angels - American Stranger (5 June, 2014) - Brooding alt-country ballads.
murk daddy flex - Genesis (4 June, 2014) - Athens' premiere mixmaster. One of the town's finest for this year.
Eureka California - Crunch (13 May, 2014) - It could be one silly ramble, or your life in a nutshell, or both.
Chief Scout - See EP (8 July, 2015) - A nice hard rock romp, but not much else.
Flagpole Writers' Favorite Moments of AthFest (28 June, 2015) - Not entirely mine - I lent four moments of a local music bonanza to this feature.
Golden Eels - Periscopes in the Air (10 June, 2015) - Surreal slackers somewhere between Pavement and ELO.
Fake Flowers - Wonder Wave (22 April, 2015) - Athens/Atlanta shoegazers with some Byrds-y twang.
Jay Gonzales - The Bitter Suite (15 April, 2015) - Drive-By Truckers guy and his take on breezy mid-70s glitz rock.
El Hollín - Una Tuesday (2 March, 2015) - Scrappy, amateur, walk-a-bout pop.
The Goons - No Art (16 February, 2015) - Britpop and northern soul in Athens? Why, yes. And it's rather good.
Quiet Evenings - Other Windows (25 November, 2014) - Meditative loops and hums.
Dream Boat - The Rose Explodes (22 October, 2014) - Local superstars and a bunch of high-tech fluff.
Waitress - Peaked in High School (13 October, 2014) - Lazy cock-rock bums. ***THE BUZZ ABOUT TOWN***
Future Apes Tapes - Pyramirrorid (30 September, 2014) - Bliss from disarray.
Pole Coda - An Ideal Heaven EP (25 September, 2014) - SNES-inspired landscapes ruined by monotones narratives.
Under A Sky So Blue - Demo (10 September, 2014) - Hey, at least it's guilt-free screamo.
Hand Sand Hands - The Shipping Forecast EP (30 July, 2014) - A stunning journey through the bare desert plains.
Magicicada - Wrack With Ruin (25 June, 2014) - I don't remember a single song from this one.
The Burning Angels - American Stranger (5 June, 2014) - Brooding alt-country ballads.
murk daddy flex - Genesis (4 June, 2014) - Athens' premiere mixmaster. One of the town's finest for this year.
Eureka California - Crunch (13 May, 2014) - It could be one silly ramble, or your life in a nutshell, or both.
GoldFlakePaint
A UK-based music review website, dedicated to introducing its readers to indie and alternative artists.
GFP Premiere: The Fireworks - Switch Me On (5 February, 2014) - Indie pop really doesn't get better than this. I mean it.
Review: Mind Brains - Mind Brains (10 December, 2014) - Join the cult. We brew moonlit magicks.
Review: David Thomas Broughton - Sliding the Same Way (23 September, 2014) - Worldly folk from the earth itself.
Review: Hobbes Fanclub - Up at Lagrange (12 August, 2014) - Astral dreampop for daydreamers and shoe/star gazers.
Review: Lunchbox - Lunchbox Loves You (31 July, 2014) - Bittersweet gumdrop pop of yesteryear. Go on, dig in.
Review: The Bastards of Fate - Vampires are Real and Palpable (17 July, 2014) - Genre-slayers. Gremlins. Flutes. Like swirling down and down into the black center of a whirlpool.
Review: Honeyblood - Honeyblood (8 July, 2014) - It just ain't summer without riffs like this.
Review: Muuy Biien - D.Y.I (29 April, 2014) - A kick in the head. Many kicks in the head. Expertly placed, overwhelming kicks in the head.
Review: Benjamin Shaw - Goodbye, Kagoule World (24 April, 2014) - Mega soul hits for the sour introverts of the world.
TOTD - Luxembourg Signal - Distant Drive (15 April, 2014) - The sound of a lonely but thrilling drive to that faraway point on the horizon, barely visible in the morning fog.
Review: Tunabunny - Kingdom Technology (9 March, 2014) - "Our band could be your life." ~ Minutemen
SOTD - Cloud - "Cherry Dip" (18 November, 2013) - Audio Antihero darling Cloud dishes up an older tune on the back of his latest single.
Review: The Meets - It Happens Outside (18 November, 2013 - Found-sound urban jazz beat collage from Penn. recording artist Brandon Locher.
Introducing: The New Sound of Numbers - Invisible Magnetic (21 October, 2013) - Sublime grooves from the second LP of this Elephant Six artsy mob from Athens.
Interview: Black Light Dinner Party (23 September, 2013) - Three of the four dudes that rock this slick electropop band.
Review: DIANA - Perpetual Surrender (6 August, 2013) - A Canadian trio that dwells in Avalon.
Review: Cloud - Comfort Songs (31 July, 2013) - This Boston-based collective stole my heart with their challenging indie pop.
Interview: Tunabunny (29 July, 2013) - The gracious, brilliant folk of Tunabunny provided some insightful answers to my probing questions.
Interview: Tijuana Panthers (22 July, 2013) - I met (via email) the punky, beach-lovin' boys from Tijuana Panthers.
Dig!: Tunabunny (16 July, 2013) - Yup, I snuck my home state heroes into GFP. Read me rave about 'em once again.
Review: Barbarossa - Bloodlines (15 July, 2013) - Silky soulful vocals merge with nuanced electronica in Barbarossa's sophomore LP.
Fresh Licks: I Break Horses - Denial (10 July, 2013) - A slice of steamy, 80s-inspired electronica from the Swedish duo I Break Horses and their forthcoming LP.
Introducing: Salt Cathedral (7 July, 2013) - Two clean and breezy tracks from the forthcoming EP of Salt Cathedral.
TOTD: Rose Windows - Wartime Lovers (4 July, 2013) - Sunny, lush folk from northwest US-based Rose Windows.
Review/Stream: Frank's Daughter - The Sound of a Heart Unraveling - Devastating debut LP from isolated electronic duo Frank's Daughter.
TOTD: Weekend - It's Alright (25 June, 2013) - Post-punkers Weekend return with a second cut from their forthcoming LP.
Review: Tijuana Panthers - Semi-Sweet (21 June, 2013) - Rock and roll & sun and surf, all in one lo-fi, proto-punk package.
Review: Benin City - Fires In The Park (18 June, 2013) - Review on afro-electro-dub-jazz-AWESOME Benin City's debut LP.
Introducing: Cloud (18 June, 2013) - An introduction to Audio Antihero's endearing new signing.
Review: Dim Past - Black Dolphin (17 June, 2013) - Visceral techno from Florida-based Brad Lovett.
Dig!: UUVVWWZ - the trusted language (17 June, 2013) - Wild and fervent "avant-blues" from Nebraska quartet UUVVWWZ.
Interview: Benin City (7 June, 2013) - I actually sat down with two of the three creative minds behind Benin City. Nice blokes.
TOTD: Benin City - "Faithless" (2 June, 2013) - Single and video from London's most dynamic new act around. Read and WATCH.
Review: Cloud Boat - Book of Hours (1 June, 2013) - Bleak but riveting post-rock/dubstep duo, whom I likened to Hemingway. Free stream available, too.
Review: Mentalease - Living Dream (27 May, 2013) - Vivid dream pop/shoegaze that sounds (and looks) gorgeous.
Track of the Day (TOTD): Treasureseason - "Puget Sound" - Lush and buoyant synth dream pop from a British/Swedish duo that met under San Francisco skies.
Introducing: Frank's Daughter - Playground 71 / Best Glow (24 May, 2013) - This harrowing duo fascinates with their claustrophobic, vulnerable sound.
Review: Sparrow and the Workshop - Murderopolis (20 May, 2013) - Snarling folk beaus from Glasgow. Charming and stupefying in equal turns.
Review: Young Hunting - Hazel (17 May 2013) - Another extended review, but this time on melancholy acolytes Young Hunting. Enchanted by this one.
Review: CocoRosie - Tales of a GrassWidow (13 May, 2013) - Extensive, mixed review on the latest LP from those quirky sisters of CocoRosie. Slightly edited from my original writing, but no biggie.
Introducing - Low Moon Low (9 May, 2013) - Brief review on a new single from up-and-coming dream folksters Low Moon Low.
GFP Premiere: The Fireworks - Switch Me On (5 February, 2014) - Indie pop really doesn't get better than this. I mean it.
Review: Mind Brains - Mind Brains (10 December, 2014) - Join the cult. We brew moonlit magicks.
Review: David Thomas Broughton - Sliding the Same Way (23 September, 2014) - Worldly folk from the earth itself.
Review: Hobbes Fanclub - Up at Lagrange (12 August, 2014) - Astral dreampop for daydreamers and shoe/star gazers.
Review: Lunchbox - Lunchbox Loves You (31 July, 2014) - Bittersweet gumdrop pop of yesteryear. Go on, dig in.
Review: The Bastards of Fate - Vampires are Real and Palpable (17 July, 2014) - Genre-slayers. Gremlins. Flutes. Like swirling down and down into the black center of a whirlpool.
Review: Honeyblood - Honeyblood (8 July, 2014) - It just ain't summer without riffs like this.
Review: Muuy Biien - D.Y.I (29 April, 2014) - A kick in the head. Many kicks in the head. Expertly placed, overwhelming kicks in the head.
Review: Benjamin Shaw - Goodbye, Kagoule World (24 April, 2014) - Mega soul hits for the sour introverts of the world.
TOTD - Luxembourg Signal - Distant Drive (15 April, 2014) - The sound of a lonely but thrilling drive to that faraway point on the horizon, barely visible in the morning fog.
Review: Tunabunny - Kingdom Technology (9 March, 2014) - "Our band could be your life." ~ Minutemen
SOTD - Cloud - "Cherry Dip" (18 November, 2013) - Audio Antihero darling Cloud dishes up an older tune on the back of his latest single.
Review: The Meets - It Happens Outside (18 November, 2013 - Found-sound urban jazz beat collage from Penn. recording artist Brandon Locher.
Introducing: The New Sound of Numbers - Invisible Magnetic (21 October, 2013) - Sublime grooves from the second LP of this Elephant Six artsy mob from Athens.
Interview: Black Light Dinner Party (23 September, 2013) - Three of the four dudes that rock this slick electropop band.
Review: DIANA - Perpetual Surrender (6 August, 2013) - A Canadian trio that dwells in Avalon.
Review: Cloud - Comfort Songs (31 July, 2013) - This Boston-based collective stole my heart with their challenging indie pop.
Interview: Tunabunny (29 July, 2013) - The gracious, brilliant folk of Tunabunny provided some insightful answers to my probing questions.
Interview: Tijuana Panthers (22 July, 2013) - I met (via email) the punky, beach-lovin' boys from Tijuana Panthers.
Dig!: Tunabunny (16 July, 2013) - Yup, I snuck my home state heroes into GFP. Read me rave about 'em once again.
Review: Barbarossa - Bloodlines (15 July, 2013) - Silky soulful vocals merge with nuanced electronica in Barbarossa's sophomore LP.
Fresh Licks: I Break Horses - Denial (10 July, 2013) - A slice of steamy, 80s-inspired electronica from the Swedish duo I Break Horses and their forthcoming LP.
Introducing: Salt Cathedral (7 July, 2013) - Two clean and breezy tracks from the forthcoming EP of Salt Cathedral.
TOTD: Rose Windows - Wartime Lovers (4 July, 2013) - Sunny, lush folk from northwest US-based Rose Windows.
Review/Stream: Frank's Daughter - The Sound of a Heart Unraveling - Devastating debut LP from isolated electronic duo Frank's Daughter.
TOTD: Weekend - It's Alright (25 June, 2013) - Post-punkers Weekend return with a second cut from their forthcoming LP.
Review: Tijuana Panthers - Semi-Sweet (21 June, 2013) - Rock and roll & sun and surf, all in one lo-fi, proto-punk package.
Review: Benin City - Fires In The Park (18 June, 2013) - Review on afro-electro-dub-jazz-AWESOME Benin City's debut LP.
Introducing: Cloud (18 June, 2013) - An introduction to Audio Antihero's endearing new signing.
Review: Dim Past - Black Dolphin (17 June, 2013) - Visceral techno from Florida-based Brad Lovett.
Dig!: UUVVWWZ - the trusted language (17 June, 2013) - Wild and fervent "avant-blues" from Nebraska quartet UUVVWWZ.
Interview: Benin City (7 June, 2013) - I actually sat down with two of the three creative minds behind Benin City. Nice blokes.
TOTD: Benin City - "Faithless" (2 June, 2013) - Single and video from London's most dynamic new act around. Read and WATCH.
Review: Cloud Boat - Book of Hours (1 June, 2013) - Bleak but riveting post-rock/dubstep duo, whom I likened to Hemingway. Free stream available, too.
Review: Mentalease - Living Dream (27 May, 2013) - Vivid dream pop/shoegaze that sounds (and looks) gorgeous.
Track of the Day (TOTD): Treasureseason - "Puget Sound" - Lush and buoyant synth dream pop from a British/Swedish duo that met under San Francisco skies.
Introducing: Frank's Daughter - Playground 71 / Best Glow (24 May, 2013) - This harrowing duo fascinates with their claustrophobic, vulnerable sound.
Review: Sparrow and the Workshop - Murderopolis (20 May, 2013) - Snarling folk beaus from Glasgow. Charming and stupefying in equal turns.
Review: Young Hunting - Hazel (17 May 2013) - Another extended review, but this time on melancholy acolytes Young Hunting. Enchanted by this one.
Review: CocoRosie - Tales of a GrassWidow (13 May, 2013) - Extensive, mixed review on the latest LP from those quirky sisters of CocoRosie. Slightly edited from my original writing, but no biggie.
Introducing - Low Moon Low (9 May, 2013) - Brief review on a new single from up-and-coming dream folksters Low Moon Low.
Sitting Now
A webzine devoted to the weirder side of life, in a multitude of aspects - but, as you'd expect, I'm tackling the music angle.
Interview - E.m.m.a (3 August, 2013) - Emma, a lover of surfing, old sci-fi themes, and American nostalgia, sat down with me in a Skype interview.
E.m.m.a - Blue Gardens (29 July, 2013) - This debut LP of Clockwork Orange-esque synth lines is turning Keysound on its head.
Ken Camden - Space Mirror (21 July, 2013) - An odyssey of ancient electronica and star-bound guitars into the enigmatic void of space.
Interview - E.m.m.a (3 August, 2013) - Emma, a lover of surfing, old sci-fi themes, and American nostalgia, sat down with me in a Skype interview.
E.m.m.a - Blue Gardens (29 July, 2013) - This debut LP of Clockwork Orange-esque synth lines is turning Keysound on its head.
Ken Camden - Space Mirror (21 July, 2013) - An odyssey of ancient electronica and star-bound guitars into the enigmatic void of space.
Misc.
Other unrelated guest spots, one-time features, etc.
The Updated Ultimate Guide on Where To Find New Music In A Post-Peel World (24 October, 2014) - Louder Than War's Guy Manchester massed together THE list of radio stations, podcasts, mixcloud stations, and so forth that deliver new music to a world without John Peel. I'm in there, and I chipped in a few suggestions.
The Wrong Rock Show #167 (22 July, 2013) - In this particular program from Bush Radio, DJ Botha Kruger played some Tunabunny and plugged my lil' enterprise. Plus, tons of other sweet tunage, too - including a solo performance from Blixa Bargeld!
AAH! Reel Monsters (10 June, 2013) - Another guest blog for Audio Antihero. This time, I'm picking out my five favorite tracks from the label. And you can stream each one, too...
Look At Me! I Own Records (11 May, 2013) - A guest blog written for Audio Antihero. An odyssey through my personal record collection (and many pictures of yours truly!).
The Updated Ultimate Guide on Where To Find New Music In A Post-Peel World (24 October, 2014) - Louder Than War's Guy Manchester massed together THE list of radio stations, podcasts, mixcloud stations, and so forth that deliver new music to a world without John Peel. I'm in there, and I chipped in a few suggestions.
The Wrong Rock Show #167 (22 July, 2013) - In this particular program from Bush Radio, DJ Botha Kruger played some Tunabunny and plugged my lil' enterprise. Plus, tons of other sweet tunage, too - including a solo performance from Blixa Bargeld!
AAH! Reel Monsters (10 June, 2013) - Another guest blog for Audio Antihero. This time, I'm picking out my five favorite tracks from the label. And you can stream each one, too...
Look At Me! I Own Records (11 May, 2013) - A guest blog written for Audio Antihero. An odyssey through my personal record collection (and many pictures of yours truly!).
